From west to east, the military camps stationed in the wilderness, mountains and forests moved frequently, the simple camps were torn down, and the simple clothes and armor were packed with bags and baggage, and wheelbarrows loaded with grain bags were pushed in and out of the gate.

On the field, the Red Reserve Army soldiers dressed in red mahogany armor ignored these busy ashigaru and were assembling outside the camp, and some of them were demoralized, their heads lowered, their faces full of filth, and they dragged out of the tents.

At this time, the main force of the Takeda Army, which had retreated from the west, totaling more than 8,000 people, no longer had much energy, and there was a faint uneasiness in their eyes.

Fan Fu Huchang was killed, and the two thousand comrades of the Red Reserve Army who were in ambush were killed by the opposing cavalry in the field, and after that, the cavalry of the Xia Kingdom heard that they were pursuing behind their buttocks.

The battle has not yet been fought, and it has already suffered two defeats in a row, which makes many people panic.

Life is like a chess game, and there is no return.

In the tent that has not yet been dismantled, Takeda Shingen, who is dressed in red armor and does not wear a yak white mane pocket, sits lifelessly on a folding stool in the center, his hands pressed on his knees, and his eyes are slightly distracted.

"Didn't more people flee back?"

"No, Rice Rich Tiger Chang...... Already killed. Don't wait for him to come back......" Itagaki Nobukata said in a scattered manner, surrounded by Ganli Hutai and Zhujiao Huding among the Four Heavenly Kings of Takeda, and now there are only three of them left in the Four Heavenly Kings.

"No need to wait...... "The old man who was sitting on the folding stool sighed softly, "I let you follow me here, I didn't expect to die again." ”

The three of them wanted to dissuade them, but when the words came to their mouths, they didn't know how to speak, and in the end, it was the fierce and irascible Zhujiao Tiger who opened his mouth first, leading the conversation to the most urgent business at the moment.

"Iifu Huchang died in battle, and the Xia army may still chase and kill him, Lord Takeda! We must leave as soon as possible, return to Heiankyo, and cooperate with the Oda army to repel the lone Xia cavalry! ”

The old man in the big armor nodded silently for a while before he said softly: "I understand all this, and I understand it in my heart, but let me remember Fan Fu Huchang again." ”

Speaking of this, Takeda Shingen took a deep breath and slowly got up.

"Since there is no longer a rout to return, let's go, I don't believe that the Emperor of Xia can defeat the Red Reserve Army I personally formed, not to mention that there is Heiankyo behind him, and Oda Nobunaga to help!"

"Hello!"

The three of them got up one after another!

……

The Takeda Army, which had departed from the camp, was five miles southwest of it.

A cavalry force of about 2,000 was taking a makeshift recuperation by a nearby dense forest.

In the wide fields and hilly areas, you can see a lot of scouts coming and going, the silver-armored and white-robed general stood with his gun, and when he saw the fast horse coming, he turned around, handed the spear to the personal soldiers behind him, took the information and looked at it, looking at the east with indifferent eyes.

"About eight thousand...... I've found you. ”

The anger of the borrowed name has not subsided.

Zhao Yun took out the dry food on his belt and took a bite, Bai Sensen's teeth bit off the hard half of the jerky, "I have been on the road for several days, even if I have a night's rest, I am still in exhaustion, slipping them away, dragging down their morale and physical strength!" ”

Then, he turned his face sideways, and his eyes crossed the corners of his eyes: "Can Wen Hou's cavalry be contacted?" ”

"Yesterday, a brother contacted me, and if he finds it, he should be on his way back at this time."

"Don't wait, save these 8,000 pirates and run to their city!"

The jerky in his mouth was suddenly bitten to pieces, chewed two bites at will, and swallowed it into his stomach, Zhao Yun took back the gentian gun from the hand of the guard and turned over the horse.

"Get on the horse!"

The soldiers around who were resting on the ground with their backs to their horses' legs reflexively stepped on the stirrups and turned over, sat neatly on the back of their horses, and picked up their spears.

The white robe stroked, Zhao Yun put his feet a little, sat under him, shook the horse's mane, and raised his hooves to rush up.

Behind the quiet white horse Yicong also followed the horse, one by one the horse's hooves pressed over the low grass and sank into the dirt, and the marching cavalry with a dull hoof sound, like a flowing stream spread quietly over the field.

To the east where the torrent spread, the old man walked out of the big tent, put on his yak white mane pocket, and with the support of his personal guards, he turned over a black war horse.

Looking at the Red Reserve Army who walked out of the barracks, the soldiers and horses he built with his own hands, the heartache of Fan Fuhuchang's death in battle gradually erased, and the heroic man who dominated an era came back.

"Pull out the camp and return to Heiankyo!"

He was on horseback, with a sword at his waist, a cross spear in his hand, and his words were generous and excited, Ganli Hutai, Zhujiao Huding, and Itagaki Nobukata nodded secretly, this is the tiger of Jiafei in their hearts.

At the moment when the three of them urged their horses to follow, Takeda Shingen, the three of them, and even the soldiers of the Ashigaru and Red Reserve who were gathering outside the camp and preparing to leave had a dull voice in their ears.

Outside, there was a panicked whisper shouting: "Xia State cavalry! ”

“…… And here it is? ”

Takeda Shingen's impassioned just now was suddenly beaten to the bottom, he was on the back of the war horse, turned his gaze, and when he looked over there, he struggled to squeeze out a little sound from between his teeth.

"Don't the cavalry of the Xia Kingdom need to rest? Ganli Hutai, Zhujiao Huding, take the Red Reserve Army, and kill with me! ”

By this time, Takeda Shingen was no longer ready to take command, he only had 8,000 men, except for 3,500 cavalry of the Red Reserve Army and 1,500 archers, the rest were all ashigaru, which was okay to fight a good battle.

In the distance, the field shook, and a cavalry of 2,000 men ran wildly, drawing their bows on horseback and throwing arrows into the sky.

The rain of arrows rained down like locusts, and the black pressure swept across the sky.

Here, the Red Reserve Army, which was hurriedly mounted to defend against the enemy, could only retreat at this moment, and Ashigaru was instructed to rush forward, blocking it with a rudimentary wooden shield, and these almost dying Ashigaru still rushed forward with panic on their faces, and in the face of the rain of arrows, they shouted in hysterical voices and raised their shields.

Bang bang bang –

The arrows rained down like a torrential rain, covering less than half of the Japanese army, most of them hitting wooden shields, while others passed through gaps or fell into the crowd from above, setting off a field of blood.

The sound of panic and screams was mixed together, and after resisting the front line of the rain of arrows, the cavalry of the Red Reserve Army, which had been completed, had already moved, and the two generals of Ganli Hutai and Zhujiao Huding escorted Takeda Shingen and came to the front of the cavalry, and when they were about to run up to meet this Xia cavalry, the Xia cavalry who shot a rain of arrows went away like the wind.

"Ran away?" Takeda Shingen was stunned on horseback, he was ready to charge in person, but the enemy turned around and left, not fighting him at all.

Itagaki Nobukata, who was in command of Ashigaru, hurriedly rode back from the front line and persuaded him, "Lord Takeda, be careful, maybe the other party is tempting us to attack-"

Ahead, the two thousand Xia Kingdom cavalry that originally rushed from the impact became farther and farther away, gradually becoming blurred.

Takeda Shingen agreed with Itagaki Shinkata with what he said, the Xia people are cunning, and the Huaxia civil and military forces are even more cunning, if they are pursuing at this time, they may not have an ambush on the way to eat his elite.

Or, the other party also arranged another army of troops and horses to wait for the opportunity, and was waiting for him to leave with the Red Reserve Army, so he took the opportunity to attack the Ashigaru team.

"Then ignore this Xia cavalry and leave immediately!"

After weighing it, Takeda Shingen still decided to accept the idea of competing with the other party, after all, he joined forces with the Oda army, first defeated the Xia soldiers and horses that the lone army was deep in, and then relied on Heiankyo and the two urn cities to firmly hold back the Xia army, and when they ran out of food, the turning point of the battlefield came.

His order fell, and the three of Itagaki Nobukata, Ganli Hutai, and Zhujiao Huding did not have any objections, and immediately ordered the cavalry of the Red Reserve Army to leave first, while the Ashigaru team could only abandon the wounded soldiers and follow closely behind the Red Reserve Army.

However, the cavalry of the Xia Kingdom, which had not been away for a long time, came back after half an hour, and as before, they launched a cavalry shot on horseback, and the ashigaru that fell behind only had a bamboo spear as a weapon was a burst of fire.

Without waiting for the Red Reserve Army to split a team of horses to turn around and kill from the front, these white horses shot a rain of arrows and fled away again.

After coming and going, the 3,000 ashigaru who originally left the camp had suffered more than 1,000 casualties after several raids, and Takeda Shingen's Red Reserve Army had war horses, and there were quite a few of them, but they did not dare to attack at will, and they sent fewer people, and they were afraid of being ambushed, so they were not sent out, and they were constantly harassed.

If you protect Ashigaru, it will slow down the journey back to Heiankyo.

Completely and completely passive.

"These Xia cavalry...... It's just hateful!" The Horned Tiger roared in the ranks.

Gan Li Hutai also showed concern: "Lord Takeda, sooner or later, you will be dragged down by them if you continue like this, it is better to give up...... The ashigaru team, go all out, or lead the Red Reserve and the Xia State cavalry to fight it out here! ”

Takeda Shingen glanced back, and the ashigaru team hanging far behind, everyone was panicked, and they had long lost their morale to fight.

It's been a complete burden.

He took a deep breath and nodded: "Pit viper claw, strong man untie his wrist!" ”

Perhaps it was because he knew that Lord Takeda Shingen in front of him was going to abandon them, and only the Ashigaru team in their early 1,000s was left to cry and shout for their mothers one by one, but the Red Reserve Army that was moving forward had no intention of stopping at all, and roared away with their war horses.

Soon, the white horse who returned again, saw that there were no more Japanese soldiers in the field, Zhao Yun casually lifted it, and two teams of cavalry outflanked him, slaughtering one after another according to the ashigaru team running on the field.

Zhao Yun stuck the gentian gun next to him, looked at the killing in the field, moved his knuckles, and there was a slight crisp sound.

"A strong man has a broken wrist, and he knows a lot!" He turned his head, his eyes slid to the corner of his eye to look in the other direction, "Where are Wen Hou's cavalry?" ”

"It's a detour to the south." The herald answered truthfully.

In fact, archery back and forth is not only a tired tactic, but also a delay in the speed of Takeda Shinxuan's main force, as early as when Zhao Yun carried out the second wave of attacks, he had already received a reply from Lu Bu.

After roughly understanding the other party's position, he began to threaten this Japanese army intentionally or unintentionally, driving them towards the south.

"Wen Hou's side is also two thousand horses, and my side, excluding the wounded, there are one thousand nine hundred and twenty horses, which should be able to eat the other party."

In the middle of the words, in the east at this time, 2,500 cavalry of the Red Reserve Army were non-stop, and 1,500 archers were running on both wings.

As an archer, he is in the left and right position in order to have a better cruising space.

Along the way, after rushing all the way, he was no longer harassed by the hateful cavalry of the Xia Kingdom, and seeing that he was already close to the border of Heiankyo, Takeda Shingen's heart finally relaxed a little.

Once you enter Heiankyo, you will have soldiers and horses to support you in the city, and the Oda army will also be able to support you, so you will no longer be alone, and you will be ambushed on the way.

Thundered!

It was as if the sound of thunder suddenly sounded in his ears, and at first the old man thought it was the movement of his own cavalry, but as a war-beaten daimyo, he could sometimes distinguish something from the sound of horses' hooves.

"Lord Takeda, look over there!" The attendants beside the old man suddenly reminded loudly.

Takeda Shingen's eyelids jumped, and he turned his head from the galloping horse to look south, a black torrent winding out from the foot of a hill over there.

The crimson war horse rushed out at a gallop, the cloak unfurled, and the halberd dragged upside down on the ground, turning up streaks of dust.

Behind the opponent, there were dense string-controlling wolf riders, a total of two thousand horses, rising and falling in the advance, churning iron hooves trampling on the dirt, stepping out, turning up the mud, and making a deafening sound of horse hooves.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time!" Lu Bu's voice resounded in the sky.

At that moment, the murderous spirit was wild!

The iron hooves almost shattered the ground, and the roar brought up made the earth tremble, the red cloak was unfurled, and the flying smoke and red clouds were running above, Lu Bu hung his halberd and turned his bow, buckled a feather arrow, and shot an arrow at the group of Japanese cavalry who were also running in the distance to the east.

The arrows departed from the string and made a wind-like sound, and the grass clippings and dust on the ground were lifted up in an instant, forming a hurricane shape visible to the naked eye along with the arrows.

Among the archers of the Red Reserve Army, two of them were directly pierced by arrows in an instant, setting off a blood mist in the sky, and still shooting through three more people with all their strength, until the seventh person, even men and horses were nailed together, almost crossing more than half of this archers' team.

"Keep going, shoot as you go!"

Takeda Shingen was in the middle of the Red Reserve cavalry, and when he saw the figure of the galloping red-robed red horse, he had probably guessed the identity of the other party in his heart.

- Flying General Lu Bu!

At this time, Zhujiao Huding, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, led the archers and cavalry to separate the formation, probably to drag the other party for Takeda Shinxuan, and at the same time, Zhujiao Huding had already wanted to compete with Lu Bu.

Among the Four Heavenly Kings, he has the highest martial arts, the greatest strength, and the most irritable temper.

"They are afraid of you, but I am not afraid!"

The horned tiger set his horse to gallop, meeting the figure of the crimson war horse that also rushed ahead.

Almost at this moment, Takeda Shingen glanced at it, picked up the military equipment in his hand, and waved it in the team.

Legion's Secret Arts: Elite Warriors!

This is a rare secret technique that can increase the arm strength of the cavalry under his command and increase the range.

……

"Hahaha! I'm worried that you won't come! ”

The wind blew through the field, the cloak floated behind him, the golden crown and long bundle shook gently, and the figure of a beast-faced head swallowing chain armor made a heroic laugh on the horseback, Lu Bu inserted the bow in his hand back, and took the Fang Tian painting halberd again, hanging obliquely on the side of the horse, and when the tip of the halberd crossed the soil, his voice was heroic.

"I'm Jiuyuan Lu Fengxian—"

The flying smoke red cloud horse seemed to feel the master's fighting spirit, neighed high-pitched, and its speed rose again, throwing out the wolf behind it to ride dozens of feet, facing the rain of arrows shot from there, and rushed directly into the nearly a thousand archers.

A man and a horse jumped into the air, and their voices were loud.

"-Who can stop it!"

呯呯呯呯......

Countless flying arrows, were danced out of the afterimage of the painted halberd, flying smoke red cloud horse, crashed into the scattered Red Reserve Army archers and cavalry group, countless arms holding the bow were wrenched by the wielding halberd, with blood lines, holding the bow body up to the sky, a still riding and shooting the horse did not know when he lost his arm, until after running a few steps, the severe pain hit, and suddenly let out a heart-rending cry on the horse's back, and then fell off the horse's back, trampled to death by the war horse that stepped behind.

Rushing into Lu Bu among the archers, the halberd waved wildly, and the stirring air waves could push the human body away from the horse's back, disintegrating in mid-air, and the Zhujiao Huding, who rushed on a horse with a big gun, just rushed in front of Lu Bu, and was directly knocked off the weapon, Lu Bu didn't even know that this person was a Japanese general, like killing other Japanese soldiers, a halberd slapped on the opponent's thin medium-sized armor at will, and the armor pieces spliced with copper and wood on it were directly shattered, and the sound of bones breaking in the chest was also made.

Zhujiao Huding's rugged face froze, and his entire chest cavity was almost flattened, and it flew out like a cannonball, spewing blood mist in mid-air, and rolling into a string of blood gourds on the ground.

At the same time, the two thousand wolf cavalry behind Lu Bu, the bow and the archers of the Red Reserve Army launched a confrontation on the field, and as soon as they made contact, they immediately suffered a lot of losses, but they did not expect that the opponent's range was higher than their own, and they cruised for a while, turning into more than ten squads, raising their spears, or pulling out the war knives on their waists, approaching the opponent's archers from all directions and surging into close-range hand-to-hand combat.

On the other side of the battlefield, Takeda Shingen with the remaining 3,500 cavalry of the Red Reserve Army and 500 archers had escaped from the outflanking of the generals of the Xia Kingdom in the south.

He looked left and right, closed his eyes slightly, and shouted: "Drive!" ”

The remaining Itagaki Nobukata and Gan Li Hutai had tears in their eyes, and they were sad and indignant in their hearts, but they also understood that they were now in a desperate situation, and if they turned around to save them, the chasing Xia cavalry behind them would definitely catch up, and once the two sides were the only ones, it would be a situation where the whole army was annihilated.

"The death of the Tigers is full of glory!"

Takeda Shingen was between the two, riding forward on horseback and saying a word on the ground.

However, someone suddenly reined in the horse in front of him, and the neighing of a war horse sounded, Takeda Shingen hurriedly stopped his horse and roared in a low voice: "What's the matter?" ”

Gan Li Hutai urged his horse to rush forward, and before he could speak, he saw a group of more than a thousand foot soldiers at the front of the horse team.

A black man wearing black iron armor and holding a snake spear galloped out of the array, throwing out a beautiful fluttering and raising smoke and dust.

"Wakou, do you know your grandfather Zhang!"

The leopard's head is ringed in the eyes, and the sound is like thunder.

(End of chapter)

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